The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 45
In the evening, when the sultan was surrounded as usual by all his court, and the prince came to pay his respects among the rest, he addressed him in these words: “Son, I have already expressed to you how much I am obliged for the present of the tent you have procured me, which I esteem the most valuable article in my treasury; but you must do one thing more, which will be no less agreeable to me.
Who acts: court, prince, sultan, smallness, you · What happens: surround, come, pay, address, express, oblige · To what, where: sultan, respects, prince, words, much, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (court, prince, sultan, smallness), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 evening | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 evening | det |
| 3 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 surrounded | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 evening | punct |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 surrounded | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sultan | det |
| 7 | sultan | sultan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 surrounded | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 surrounded | aux:pass |
| 9 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 usual | case |
| 11 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 surrounded | obl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 court | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 court | det:predet |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 court | nmod:poss |
| 15 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 came | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 came | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prince | det |
| 19 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 came | nsubj |
| 20 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 surrounded | parataxis |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 pay | mark |
| 22 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 came | xcomp |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 respects | nmod:poss |
| 24 | respects | respects | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 pay | obj |
| 25 | among | among | ADP | _ | 27 rest | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 rest | det |
| 27 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 pay | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 addressed | punct |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 addressed | nsubj |
| 30 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 came | parataxis |
| 31 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 addressed | obj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 words | case |
| 33 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 34 words | det |
| 34 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 addressed | obl |
| 35 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 Son | punct |
| 36 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 Son | punct |
| 37 | Son | Son | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 words | appos |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 expressed | punct |
| 39 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 expressed | nsubj |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 expressed | aux |
| 41 | already | already | ADV | _ | 42 expressed | advmod |
| 42 | expressed | express | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 addressed | conj |
| 43 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 you | case |
| 44 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 expressed | obl |
| 45 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 46 much | advmod |
| 46 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 expressed | obj |
| 47 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 49 obliged | nsubj |
| 48 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 49 obliged | aux:pass |
| 49 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 much | acl:relcl |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 present | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 present | det |
| 52 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 obliged | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 tent | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 tent | det |
| 55 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 present | nmod |
| 56 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 58 procured | nsubj |
| 57 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 procured | aux |
| 58 | procured | procure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 55 tent | acl:relcl |
| 59 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 procured | obj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 esteem | punct |
| 61 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 esteem | obj |
| 62 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 63 esteem | nsubj |
| 63 | esteem | esteem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 tent | conj |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 article | det |
| 65 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 66 valuable | advmod |
| 66 | valuable | valuable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 article | amod |
| 67 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 esteem | obj |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 70 treasury | case |
| 69 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 70 treasury | nmod:poss |
| 70 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 article | nmod |
| 71 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 75 do | punct |
| 72 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 75 do | cc |
| 73 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 75 do | nsubj |
| 74 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 75 do | aux |
| 75 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 surrounded | parataxis |
| 76 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 77 thing | nummod |
| 77 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 75 do | obj |
| 78 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 75 do | obj |
| 79 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 85 agreeable | punct |
| 80 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 85 agreeable | nsubj |
| 81 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 85 agreeable | aux |
| 82 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 85 agreeable | cop |
| 83 | no | no | ADV | _ | 84 less | advmod |
| 84 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 85 agreeable | advmod |
| 85 | agreeable | agreeable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 75 do | conj |
| 86 | to | to | ADP | _ | 87 me | case |
| 87 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 85 agreeable | obl |
| 88 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 surrounded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surround | past · passive | sultan's court | the sultan | evening | as usual | tree rules | ||
| 2 | come | past | the prince | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | pay | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | sultan's respects | among the rest | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respects=Asset | |||
| 4 | address | past | sultan | prince | this words | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination | |||
| 5 | express in a quote | present · perfect | smallness | much | you | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent much=Theme to you=Recipient | |||
| 6 | oblige in a quote | present · passive | smallness | for the present of the tent | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 7 | procure in a quote | present · perfect | you | smallness | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | ||||
| 8 | esteem in a quote | present | smallness | the tent | the valuable article obj | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme article=Attribute | |||
| 9 | do in a quote | must | you | one thing | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | is in a quote | future | smallness | which nsubj; agreeable, less property | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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